Modern social care presents the contemporary social care worker with a number of social and personal challenges. In order to address this issue I will take an autobiographical approach based on my own personal life experiences in a social care context and blend it with my learning during the college process. Firstly I would like to state that the views and experiences expressed in this essay are not general statements directed at the travelling community as a whole but just my own personal experiences
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Social work is a deep passion for me. I am inspired to pursue a career in the social work field because I believe in genuinely helping people to the best of my ability and not only when it is convenient. There are people in the world that need help and in order for them to receive help they need excellent professionals who can provide them with services and direct them to an appropriate place where their needs can be met. I want to be that excellent professional who can do that for people. My inspiration
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Their mother has managed to hold down a part-time job at a local fast food place‚ and their father is on disability for a work related injury. They live in the uncle’s home‚ though‚ because they are unable to afford their own housing or transportation. Christine is unable to have contact with her uncle‚ which means she can never have visits with her parents in their home.
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Social work and Social Welfare has been with us from as far back as the 1600’s and it has always been‚ and has continued to be a response to human needs. In order to understand its historical development‚ it is necessary to examine the significant factors‚ which has influenced its evolution. It can be said however that factors such as the establishment of the Elizabethan poor laws‚ the emancipation of slavery and the social unrest which resulted in the 1937 riots‚ played a momentous role in the development
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no voice‚ focus on their strengths and abilities instead of problems‚ serve and uphold the population but at the same time take care of well-being. During introduction to social welfare‚ we heard from numerous social workers and the areas of social work they practice. They each gave us feedback of skills we should either have or need to obtain. That includes developing time-management‚ communication and writing skills‚ relationship building with our peers‚ and enhancing our cultural competence. The
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Lauren Szymanski Socialwork 200 November 28‚ 2010 Child Abuse Child abuse is horrible and it affects everyone in one way or another. Before 1963‚ there were no laws to protect the kids from abuse but thanks to social workers and other judicial people‚ there were laws passed (Pfohl). This paper is going to explain why it is so important for social workers to protect kids by talking about this history of abuse and why social workers need to be around. It will also discuss what social workers
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SOCIAL WORK AND ITS EFFECT ON POVERTY Mahatma Gandhi once said‚ “You must be the change you want to see in the world.” South African families and communities are facing many challenges. This essay will focus on poverty as one of the challenges in some South African families and communities in general. Using the issue of poverty‚ will clarify and give a better understanding on how‚ social workers could respond to this matter. In the international definition of social work‚ “the social work profession
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Introduction As a social worker‚ it is essential to be diverse and culturally competent for the reason that one will encounter clients with diverse backgrounds from his or her own. A client may be different due to their race‚ ethnicity‚ religion‚ sexual orientation‚ or any other factor. However‚ the social worker’s purpose is to enhance the client’s well-being while attending to his or her needs‚ as well as being sensitive to their cultural and ethnic diversity (National Association of Social Workers
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The ethics of social work are values that we as a nation should live‚ sleep‚ eat‚ and breathe by. An important value in my life is self-determination. This value is present in my life because I always strive to make my own decisions and choices. Along with my own self-determination‚ even though family and friends continuingly ask for my advice‚ I encourage them to ultimately make their own decisions. This value will help me in my professional work because as a social worker‚ they encourage their
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Social work groups must have certain defining characteristics within its structure (). These characteristics must include the purpose‚ how the group was formed‚ structured and group content ().The purpose of the group is to help adolescent cope with grief and loss using supportive guidance. In response to a common need identified among adolescents this group was formed. Adolescents needed a safe place to cope with the grief process. This is a voluntary group for adolescents who have lost a parent
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